9996414

Auto-Disabling Dram Error Checking on Threshold

PublishedJune 12, 2018
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1. A method of disabling error checking in a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), the method comprising: receiving data at a DRAM, the receiving from a memory controller; executing, at the DRAM, error checking logic based on the data; detecting, by the error checking logic, an error condition in the data; determining, at the DRAM, whether detecting the error condition in the data causes an error threshold to be reached; disabling the error checking logic at the DRAM in response to determining that detecting the error condition in the data causes the error threshold to be reached; and communicating the error condition to the memory controller in response to determining that detecting the error condition does not cause the error threshold to be reached.

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2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the disabling is performed by the DRAM.

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3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the error condition is a parity error and the data includes command or address data.

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4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the error condition is a cyclical redundancy check (CRC) error and the data includes write data.

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5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DRAM is a double data rate fourth-generation synchronous DRAM (DDR4).

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6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the error threshold is determined to be reached based on a number of the error conditions previously detected exceeding a threshold count.

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7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communicating is via an alert signal.

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8. The method of claim 1 , wherein method further comprises, in response to the communicating, receiving the data at the DRAM from the memory controller.

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9. A memory system comprising: a memory device, the memory device including a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) configured for: receiving data at the DRAM, the receiving from a memory controller; executing, at the DRAM, error checking logic based on the data; detecting, by the error checking logic, an error condition in the data; determining, at the DRAM, whether detecting the error condition in the data causes an error threshold to be reached; disabling the error checking logic at the DRAM in response to determining that detecting the error condition in the data causes the error threshold to be reached; and communicating the error condition to the memory controller in response to determining that detecting the error condition does not cause the error threshold to be reached.

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10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the error condition is a parity error and the data includes command or address data.

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11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the error condition is a cyclical redundancy check (CRC) error and the data includes write data.

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12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the DRAM is a double data rate fourth-generation synchronous DRAM (DDR4).

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13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the error threshold is determined to be reached based on a number of the error conditions previously detected exceeding a threshold count.

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14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the communicating is via an alert signal.

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15. The system of claim 9 , wherein method further comprises, in response to the communicating, receiving the data at the DRAM from the memory controller.

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16. A computer program product for disabling error checking in a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by processing circuitry to cause the processing circuitry to: receive data at the DRAM, the receiving from a memory controller; execute, at the DRAM, error checking logic based on the data; detect, by the error checking logic, an error condition in the data; determine, at the DRAM, whether detecting the error condition in the data causes an error threshold to be reached; disable the error checking logic at the DRAM in response to determining that detecting the error condition in the data causes the error threshold to be reached; and communicate the error condition to the memory controller in response to determining that detecting the error condition does not cause the error threshold to be reached.

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17. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the error condition is a parity error and the data includes command or address data.

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18. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the error condition is a cyclical redundancy check (CRC) error and the data includes write data.

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19. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the DRAM is a double data rate fourth-generation synchronous DRAM (DDR4).

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20. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein the error threshold is determined to be reached based on a number of the error conditions previously detected exceeding a threshold count.

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June 12, 2018

Inventors

Edgar R. Cordero
Marc A. Gollub
Warren E. Maule
Lucas W. Mulkey
Anuwat Saetow

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